Why is vanilla so expensive and how should I use it in the kitchen? Your questions answered, plus an indulgent recipe for ...

In place of flowers, orchids in the vanilla family produce 6- to 12-inch long, thin bean-like pods that are considered a fruit. When picked, the fruit is green, and during cultivation, they ...

I bake a lot, which means I go through a lot of vanilla beans. For some preparations, I use only the seeds – I split the vanilla bean in half lengthwise and scrape out the tiny seeds with the ...